Day: August 6, 2022

100 bikers from across the district participated in the rally

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RAJOURI, AUGUST 06:– In continuation of a series of activities being organised in the district as part of ongoing Har Ghar Tiranga campaign, the District Administration Rajouri today organised a bike rally.

The rally was flagged off by the Deputy Commissioner, Vikas Kundal. The rally started from salani bridge and culminated at sports stadium kheora via Muradpur and Badhoon circuit. As many as 100 bikers from across the district participated in the rally.

Officers who were present during the event included SSP, Mohd Aslam; PO ICDS, Shoket Mehmood Malik; DSWO, Wakeel Ahmed Bhatt; AD FCS&CA, Arief Lone; DYSSO, Sunil Samyal; ARTO, Shami Kumar and AD Planning, Mohd Rafi.

While speaking during the event, the Deputy Commissioner said that the objective of the rally is to create awareness among the general public about Har Ghar Tiranga, Nasha Mukht Bharat abhiyan, digital services, road safety and Jan Baghidari.

“District Administration is organising such event to amplify the awareness of ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’, the Govt of India initiative to inculcate a personal connect between the citizens of India and the National Flag”, the DC said.

He also said that the rally would add more enthusiasm among public and respect for our tricolour.

The Deputy Commissioner also called for coordination and cooperation of all stakeholders to make the initiative a grand success in the district.

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RAJOURI AUGUST 06:—Continuing it’s drive against the people involved in illegal trade and smuggling of narcotics, Rajouri police on Saturday arrested two peddlers with a consignment of Heroine like substance.

Earlier, three peddlers were arrested in Rajouri taking total number of arrests in the district to five.

Police said that during routine checking and frisking at Salani bridge, a team of Police Station Rajouri headed by SHO Rajouri Fareed Ahmed under the Supervision of DySP HQrs Rajouri Vinod Sharma stopped one Santro Car bearing registration number JK11F 3273 which was coming from Nowshera towards Rajouri and driven by Aurangzeb Ali son of Mohd Iqbal resident of Sialsui, at present Dhanidhar with one co-driver Zulfiqar Ali son of Mohd Iqbal resident of Kotedhara.

Police said that naka team recovered 50 grams of Heroine from the possession of duo.

On this case, FIR No 420/2022 U/S 8/21/22/25/NDPS Act stands registered at Police Station Rajouri and investigation has been started to unearth forward and backward linkages.

Senior Superintendent of Police Rajouri Mohd Aslam while sharing the details said that Rajouri Police is committed to eradicate the menace of drug abuse and smuggling from the area and people from all sections of the society should come forward and join hands with Police to strengthen anti-narcotics drive of district police which is must to save our future generations.

He said that earlier on Saturday, three peddlers were arrested by Rajouri police with total arrests made in the day are five.

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SHYAM SOOD

RAJOURI, AUGUST 05:— Inhabitants of the Danidhar area of Rajouri Township, led by political and social activists, on Friday, organised a mass protest near Santoshi Mata Mandir and blocked Rajouri town-Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University (BGSBU) for about 3 hours against the worst condition of the road.
The protesters alleged that the big potholes and uneven surface, not only causing inconvenience to the pedestrians, but also causing huge losses to vehicles also.
It is pertinent to mention here that this about 7.5 Km road is very important road & popularly known as BGSBU road which; besides students, faculty, is also used by dignitaries from across the country & abroad and posing a bad picture among them.
Presently, the road is under widening/double laning for the last more than three years.
Protesting locals, BGSBU students/faculty members, complained that the slow work progress has caused big potholes, uneven slopes, etc on the road and it has become a ‘death trap’ for want of repairs.
Recent torrential rains have also damaged the road badly and most of the vehicles plying on this road getting damaged.
Protesters raised slogans against the Deputy Commissioner, Executive Engineer PWD (R&B), and were demanding that the DC should visit them and listen to their problems and assure early completion of the construction work.
The DC, VIkas Kundal rushed Executive Engineer, AEE & JE to talk to pacify the protesters.
After a long discussion, it was decided to direct the contractor to start repairing work of the damaged stretches from today only to provide immediate succor to people’s problems.
Protesters warned the administration to start a large-scale protest on Rajouri-Thanamandi road if the administration failed to repair the damaged stretches within the next two days.
The project for widening (double laning) of BGSBU road was approved after the principal secretary, finance, made the formal announcement and the contractor started work in 2019.
The contractor has spent more than Rs 12 crores on this project till date, but he has not received a payment of even a single rupee because the project has no administrative approval.
The work on this 7-kilometer road was later approved under the languishing scheme with an estimated cost of Rs 24.90 crore and on June 12, 2019 the then Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Aijaz Asad kick-started work on widening.
But, shockingly even the Governor’s Administration has not given any administrative approval to this project to date and the contractor continues to spend money from his pocket and that is the reason that the work is going at a snail’s pace.
“The Administrative Committee has approved the project (about Rs 26 crores) and the project has been sent to Administrative Council for final approval. It is hoped that within next 2-3 days the final approval will be accorded and the work will start in full swing” said Executive Engineer, PWD (R&B).